 BartendingBear says: Hmmm, what a surprise. No. Remember your mates from Catholic schools. They were bombs waiting to go off at the first chance. ( I noticed the hint of sarcasm in the comment) (:  No Way  Surprised? I'm afraid not. For instance, the results showed more abortions among teenagers in the less religious states, which would skew the findings since fewer teens in these states would have births. But even after accounting for the abortions, the study team still foundI wish they had given us the actual stats on this. We know that African American women on average tend to underreport their abortions, which means they could also underreport the likelihood that they got pregnant, "We conjecture that religious communities in the U.S. are more successful in discouraging the use of contraception among their teenagers than they are in discouraging sexual intercourse itself."The Forbidden Fruit is the one that tastes the sweetest. For anyone interested, the article's abstract and full text are available online at Reproductive Health: Religiosity and teen birth rate in the United States. |
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